Posts from April, 2014

It’s time to choose new members for the featured add-ons board! Board members are responsible for deciding which add-ons are featured on AMO in the next six months. Downloads of featured add-ons grow exponentially in the months they are featured, … Continue reading

I post these updates every 3 weeks to inform add-on developers about the status of the review queues, add-on compatibility, and other happenings in the add-ons world. The Review Queues Most nominations for full review are taking less than 3 … Continue reading

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Add-ons for Australis contest! After the entries go through the review process, the judges will go over them and select winners. We’ll notify and announce the winners in the coming weeks. In … Continue reading

Firefox 29 will be released on April 29th. Here’s the list of changes that went into this version that can affect add-on compatibility. There is more information available in Firefox 29 for Developers, so you should read that too. Australis! … Continue reading

In Firefox 30 the Add-on SDK is making a change to the execution environment for content scripts. While this change will not affect most add-ons, some patterns will no longer work. Specifically, content scripts will no longer be able to … Continue reading

Since the dawn of Firefox debugging add-ons has been a task fraught with peril. The old JavaScript Debugger existed but hasn’t received the care and attention it needed. Most of us resorted to logging with dump statements to try to … Continue reading

Pick of the Month: S3.Download Statusbar View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar. Despite its compact size, S3. Download Statusbar packs in more useful features than the standard download window. The fully customizable interface auto-hides when not in use, … Continue reading